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Category Archives: Growing Strong Marriages
Hindrances To A Merry Christmas #2 – Lack
In our possession driven society it is easy to be very aware of our lack when it comes to Christmas. We may lack the funds to buy what our children want most on their list. We may not be able … Continue reading
Happy Hour
It’s the end of another week, and what a great week it’s been. We are happy to share with you that Debi’s “project” she’s been working on is a book based on the life of her Grandmother. This has been … Continue reading
Why Voting For The Top 10 Marriage Blog List Matters
In a Vineyard all the work comes down to one thing – the quality of the wine produced. There are judges who taste the wines and determine those worth a high ranking. You’ve seen the scores – wines with a … Continue reading
The Christmas Cottage
Our Here’s to Us moment #1 is an entire post – it was that good! Not all of our moments will warrant an entire post – some may only show up on our Facebook page. But what a perfect way … Continue reading
Don’t Miss The Good Part
It is the last day of November. Tomorrow, like it or not, the Christmas season will be in high gear. I love to decorate our home for Christmas. In fact, I love to decorate our house for all the seasons … Continue reading
Whom God Has Made You To Be
First of all, we are changing the name of our Monday posts. It will be relevant to what we are posting about, but will still include our weekly “Mark Your Calendar” information. Thanksgiving has come and gone for another year. … Continue reading
Why Is a Good Marriage Not Something You Find?
Continuing with our “Why” series, Gary Thomas offers the answer to this question, “Why is a good marriage not something you find, it’s something you cultivate?” This is so true. If we are consistently working on making our marriages better, … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, The Gospel & Marriage
Tagged Gary Thomas
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Mark Your Calendar
New life – there’s nothing like it. Whether you’re a new born baby, like our 1st great nephew, Django Kelly Sanchez, who was born on Saturday: Or you’re newly born again. (I will celebrate my spiritual 42nd birthday on December … Continue reading
Posted in Date Night Ideas, Growing Strong Marriages, Mark Your Calendars (time sensitive), Orlando Date Ideas
Tagged Friday, God, marriage, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Orlando Florida, thanksgiving, World Hello Day
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Staying Current
Imagine an afternoon together on a canoe. The weather is perfect. The water is crystal clear and there isn’t anything else on your agenda for the day except spending time together. What could possibly go wrong? Several things come to … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, communication, Conflict, Growing Strong Marriages
Tagged Canoe, Canoes and Kayaks, Kayak, marriage, Paddle, River, Sports, Water Sports
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WHY Is It Important To Study Your Spouse?
Bonnie Anderson with the Ship Bound For Tarshish blog is a good friend of ours. When we celebrated our third blogiversary she made the comment that three year olds are notorious for asking why this? why that? why? why? why?! … Continue reading
Happy Blogiversary!
We’re Three Years Old – TODAY!! ♥ Wow ♥ We’ve made it three years, and we couldn’t be more excited about what God has done and is doing. We know you’re here because of the anticipation we’ve built, right? So we won’t … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrations, Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages
Tagged Blog, Blogiversary, God, Handhelds, HTML, IPhone, Protocols, Relationships, Smartphones, You're So Good To Me
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A Deadline Or A Life Line?
I’m making a confession to you today. It has been something I’ve been afraid to mention for fear I would kill my progress. I have been writing a book. It isn’t about marriage per se. It’s an historical fiction based … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrations, Christian Marriage, Difficulty, Growing Strong Marriages, The Gospel & Marriage
Tagged Deadlines, God, Life Line, One, Writer, Writer Resources, Writers Block, Writing
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A Double Post of Encouragement
We return to our joint post with Lisa Graf of Mom Blog today. We are sharing practical tips on how to encourage your spouse. Lisa’s post is in purple and mine is in wine. And if these aren’t enough we … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Love, Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Guest Post, The Gospel & Marriage, Wives
Tagged Encourage Your Spouse, Encouragement in Marriage, Family, God, Graf, Home, Husband, marriage, Mom Blog, Parenting, relationship, Three
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Happy Hour
In eight days we will celebrate the 3rd Anniversary of The Romantic Vineyard. November 12, 2008 is when we first launched this blog. It has been unbelievably rewarding allowing us to meet some incredible people. You’ll meet some of them … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Love, Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Happy Hour, The Gospel & Marriage
Tagged God, Holiday, Husband, marriage, relationship, Romance, thanksgiving
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What’s Eating You Anyway?
About nine years ago we did an addition on our house after much deliberation as to whether we should do it or move. Since we live in a neighborhood with about a dozen close friends from our church, we decided … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, communication, Conflict, Difficulty, Growing Strong Marriages
Tagged Conflict in Marriage, God, Lord, marriage, Soil, Termite, Termites, Wood, Wood Rot
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Do You Wanna?
After thirty three years of being together, I still love to hold Debi’s hand. I love touching her, and it’s one way I can that is acceptable in public. While holding hands we can give each other signals that no … Continue reading
Faithful In All Seasons
When we first said, “I do,” it was easy to be faithful in all things, because our love was fresh and new. We were like the leaves on the vine in spring. There was promise of life to come and … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Difficulty, Growing Strong Marriages, Purpose
Tagged Child, Christian, Christianity, God, Lord, marriage, Monogamy, parenting teens, relationship, wedding vows
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Sharing Musts For A Healthy Marriage 5
It’s hard to believe we’re at the end of our month with only two more sharing musts to post. If you’ve missed this series, here is a recap: Vacations and Dreams A Bed and Burdens Passwords and Our Bodies Meals … Continue reading
Happy Hour
It’s time once again for our “Specials of the Week.” There are a lot of great blogs out there, this is merely a sampling of some of our favorite ones. Enjoy! Encourage Your Spouse Buckle In For The Ride – … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Love, Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Happy Hour
Tagged Christ, Christian, God, Husband, marriage, relationship, This Post
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A Fragrant Aroma – How You Live
We recently saw the movie, Courageous, and we’re ashamed to admit, we assumed it would be a good story with mediocre acting as are many Christian productions. We are pleased to say loud and clear – We Were Wrong! The … Continue reading
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